DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement today commemorating the 77th anniversary of the day President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, on August 14, 1935.

DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement today in recognition of the 46th anniversary of the implementation of Medicare, which was signed into law on July 30, 1965 and began to take effect July 1, 1966.

"Since Medicare was signed into law in 1965, generations of American seniors have enjoyed the iron-clad guarantee of quality health care. As a result, Americans across the country have been able to live out their retirement in better health and with greater dignity."

"On this anniversary of the implementation of Medicare, I as a Representative of tens of thousands of Florida seniors and the Democratic Party reaffirm our commitment to protecting Medicare and guaranteeing that this program marks many more successful years."

"The Republican plan for balancing the budget on the backs of America’s elderly, poor, and vulnerable has been whole-heartedly embraced by Republicans in Congress. But their plan is more than wrong-thinking, it’s just plain wrong. And you don’t have to dig too deeply to see why: it would end Medicare as we know it."